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The Aspen Global Change Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to furthering scientific understanding of Earth systems and global environmental change. Our work includes interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, and collaboration with resource managers and policy-makers. Together we strive to facilitate scientific discussion for the betterment of society and natural systems, while promoting practical solutions to the challenges of today's changing Earth systems.

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AGCI Projects

Conceived in 1989 and conducted each year since 1990, AGCI interdisciplinary workshops are designed to further knowledge in global change science by convening scholars from across disciplines to focus on specific topics in global environmental change. These meetings consistently fill a unique niche by fostering a strong dialogue across disciplines and often between social and natural sciences.

AGCI hosts public lectures by leading scientists as part of an event series named in honor of Walter Orr Roberts, a notable scientist, humanitarian, and founder of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. This series has covered the gamut of global change topics from changes in biodiversity, to human health changes in response to the environment, to the climate of earth's past, present, and future.

The interactive Roaring Fork Observation Network (iRON) is comprised of a series of local watershed-wide monitoring stations (ranging in elevation from 6,200ft to over 12,000ft) that help to improve local understanding of our ecosystems in the context of a changing climate.

The AGCI Resilience Project aims to help foster improved dialogue about resilience and offers a set of core principles from which communities can get started. This work emerges from a 2015 AGCI workshop on the topic "Risk & Resilience in the Face of Global Change".

To facilitate shared learning and capacity building, the Mountain West Climate Services Partnership is a network of researchers and local champions working to increase access to information, tools, and other resources to help small and medium-sized communities throughout the Mountain West region prepare for climate change.

AGCI is assisting ACES with the development of a Forest Health Index, a resource designed to help identify and communicate important trends in our forest. The FHI is available at www.foresthealthindex.org

AGCI works to support science education from k-12 through adult learners. In addition to providing classroom visits in the valley, online educational resources about global change are available on our website. Education page

FtHM is an NSF-supported pilot website that highlights clips from AGCI’s video archive in an accessible way, offering students and other learners a unique straight-from-the-source glimpse into science.

Sponsored Projects

The Climate Communication project, led by Susan Hassol, trains scientists to be more effective public communicators and also provides science resources directly to the media and the public via its website, climatecommunication.org

The mission of AGCI’s Energy Project, led by Hal Harvey, is to accelerate progress in clean energy by identifying policies that most effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through customized research and analysis for decision makers, the project uncovers strategies that will produce the largest results. The Energy Project works in both the US and China on energy issues such as utility market regulation, urban design, and natural gas policy. An underlying basis in current science and careful analysis informs this work, supporting communities, large and small, in making wise decisions under rapidly evolving and uncertain conditions. Learn more at energyinnovation.org.

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Aspen Global Change Institute

Mission

The Aspen Global Change Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to furthering scientific understanding of Earth systems and global environmental change in service of society. Our work includes interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, and collaboration with resource managers and policy-makers. Together we strive to facilitate scientific discussion for the betterment of society and natural systems, while promoting practical solutions to the challenges of today's changing Earth systems.